State challenges snowmobile ruling

The state of Wyoming is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its recent decision that the statecan't sue the federal government over how many snowmobiles areallowed in Yellowstone National Park.Wyoming had argued that limiting snowmobiles to 318 a day wasarbitrary and would hurt tourism and tax revenue. A panel of the10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month rejected the state'sarguments, saying it failed to show the rule would harm the stateeconomically. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead on Wednesday noted that Yellowstone islargely in Wyoming. He says any reduction in snowmobiles hurts thestate. Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash says the Park Service intends todevelop a new winter use plan by this winter